Category Archives: Brands

There are many different wetsuit brands and wetsuit models available on the market today. Some manufacturers specialize in just one sport, others cover a wider range of sports with their wetsuits. On this page we are trying to collect most (if not all) wetsuit manufacturers out there, together with some info on each brand that might come in handy when you are buying wetsuits. This means information like: a short history of each wetsuit brand, what kind of wetsuits do they make (for which sport), a link to their website, a picture of their logo and a picture of a few of their wetsuit models. Of course some more well known companies have more info available and some lesser know have less. If you have some interesting info on any of the brands or if you know of a brand that we are missing and should be included in this list – please let us know.

Harveys Wetsuits

Harvey Wetsuits – this is another pioneer wetsuit company that has been around for quite some time. It was founed by Harvey Grohs some 50 years ago when he He opened his own dive shop in West Seattle and started building wet & dry suits. His wetsuits were and are used by US Navy Seals. Harveys […]

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NPX Wetsuits

NPX Wetsuits are a part of NeilPryde or to put it better a part of Pryde Group. NeilPryde brand was founded in 1981 and is for some time now a market leader in the windsurfing industry. In 2005 they decided to add a kitesurfing neoprene line to their products and they called the new brand NPX Wetsuits. NPX […]

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Alder Wetsuits

Alder Wetsuits come from England and are a result of  Bob Westlakes passion for surfing. Over 40 years ago, Bob Westlake began to surf around the west coast of England and soon found out that there aren’t any Californian surf style clothing available in the United Kingdom. This lead to his wife making some of […]

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Aleeda Wetsuits

Aleeda Wetsuits is a wetsuit manufacturer that comes from USA. They started making handcrafted wetsuits and other neoprene products in 1981 and have been making them since. They actually come from Huntington Beach where they opened their first factory on the Main Street in 1983. What is interesting about this company is that they also […]

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Akona Wetsuits

Akona or better Akona adventure gear is a manufacturer that specializes mainly in diving gear and dive accessories. Their product range includes: bags, gloves, boots, masks, snorkels and fins. And of course – they also make wetsuits. They say that they build their products to be rugged, versatile and feature rich so they can withstand […]

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Aquaman Wetsuits

Aquaman Triathlon is the manufacturer of high quality Triathlon Wetsuits. Aquaman began manufacturing triathlon wetsuits in 1984 and has been the leader in innovation in the triathlon field ever since. The man behind the Aquaman is Xavier MÉRIAN, who “invented” the first triathlon wetsuit. This is his story: “When I was 6 years old in […]

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Bare Wetsuits

BARE is a company that has over 38 years of experience in manufacturing dive, watersports and fishing gear. They are present in more than 54 countries and are one of the leading companies when it comes to manufacturing diving wetsuits. Bare Makes Wetsuits For: Scuba Diving Surfing For Bare Wetsuits size charts go here. Website […]

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Xcel Wetsuits

Xcel wetsuits is a wetsuit company that comes from Hawaii. We always wondered how a company based on a warm island surrounded with warm waters can make one of the best wetsuits in the market. But they manage. Xcel wetsuits have grabbed quite a few awards, recently the wetsuit of the year award. The company […]

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Patagonia wetsuits

Patagonia is a company that has as far back as I can remember put the environment high on the list of their priorities and has become kind of a synonym for an environmentally aware company. They have been that way long before that was “the cool thing to do” (like it is today), and they […]

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O’Neill Wetsuits

O’Neill wetsuits is (one of) the oldest wetsuit company out there. It started as a surf shop opened by Jack O’Neill in the 1950s. From that first surf shop in a garage across the Great Highway in San Francisco O’Neill and O’Neill wetsuits evolved into one of the top wetsuit brands in the market. No […]

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Zoot Wetsuit | Wetzoot

A Zoot Wetsuit is a product of a Zoot Sports company. They produce all sorts of sport products used in triathlon – like clothes for running, running footwear, some casual clothes and of course swimming wetsuit. The history of the brand goes something like this… Zoot Sports was started in Kona in 1983 and has […]

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Billabong Wetsuits

Billabong wetsuits are a part of the world known clothing brand Billabong. Billabong was founded by Gordon and Rena Merchant in Australia in year 1973 and has grown from a small surfwear company to one of the biggest players in the surfing industry. The name Billabong comes from Australian name for a lake that lies […]

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